Khowutzun Development Corporation

New Voices

We will host a dinner May 31, 2023 for our citizens to meet and talk with our companies, KDC, KFS, and KFT. We will provide an update our citizens on our current projects, training and career opportunities, our strategic plan, and get input from our community. We will show our new "year in review video" and our "New Voices Video". We will have tables for each company, with information to take home, staff to answer questions and provide further information, as well as an area for dinner and discussion.

We are going to do pre-registration for this event with limited seats, so be sure to sign up right away. For pre-registration, please contact Braeden: at Braeden.george@khowutzun.com or phone 250-746-8350. Flyer’s will be delivered, we will post on our KDC Facebook page, our Website and on Cowichan Tribes Facebook, so keep an eye out for that.

The New Voices Program is a program designed to align First Nations youth and those members that have not been predominantly involved in the workforce or are looking for a new career path with opportunities arising from economic development initiatives. There are various locations where the New Voices team will reach out to the community members, such as high schools, Cowichan Tribes, Universities, Yuthuy Thut, Hiiye’ yu Lelum Society, Coast Salish Employment and Training and WorkBC.

We are also posting for a Manager for our New Voices program: please see our Facebook page and website for posting. Please submit resumes to: resumes@khowutzun.com

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Costa Canna is currently focused on identifying new advantageous locations on the mainland to expand our retail chain. The town of Surrey, who have been against cannabis since legalization, have now begun to advance bylaws to support the recreational cannabis retail distribution. Costa Canna sees this as a major opportunity to increase our brand awareness along with revenues through the potential development of our first mainland location.

We are exploring a major partnership with another First Nation for the strategic development of our retail store portfolio. This partnership has been two years in the making and if successful, will position Costa Canna in one of the tourist destination locations in Canada.

This month we are going to be showcasing Fran Williams, Member of Cowichan Tribes and owner of Fran’s Trucking.

Fran has 32 years of trucking experience. She enjoys working with KDC and the Roundtable. She is currently on contract at the new hospital site and working there it has been well organized, with great team work.

United Greeneries prepares for Germany product Launch: Further to our notice in March, United Greeneries’ 1st German shipment has landed in country and is being processed for release to the market. The marketing team is finalizing a news release within Germany to promote our premium First Nations products, specifically focused on flower, within the medical market. We anticipate our second shipment to be leaving Canada soon

Thailand Joint Venture (Viva Reefa): Over the past three months, the team at United Greeneries have been actively designing and preparing for a Joint Venture development project in Thailand with our London partner, Viva Reefa. The project allows for United Greeneries to realize a perpetual 40% revenue share position for all products produced and distributed under our partnership. Viva Reefa provides all development capital, whilst United Greeneries provides facility design, equipment selection, implementation, and ongoing operations oversight. The Thailand market is medical only and provides a significant upside in pricing to the Canadian market. This is another step in ensuring our long term success is realized through the international market.